Improvement in animal-traps



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Animal Traps.

N0.154,376, FIG I Patented Aug. 25,1874,

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ALBERT DAVIS, OF FOREST CITY, MISSOURI.

VIMPROVEMENT IN ANIMALI-TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,376,dated August 25, 1874; application filed July 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT DAVIS, of Forest City, county of Holt and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Setting Animal-Traps, of which the following is a specification:

' The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a self-setting animal-trap, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

1 In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire trap with the top removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same through a line in front of and parallel with the operating crank-shaft, showing said shaft and its cranks.

A represents a box, of any suitable dimensions, divided by a central transverse partition, B, into two compartments, B and B Lon gitudinally through the box A passes a shaft, 0, provided with a crank or lever, a, on one end, for turning the sameand'winding up a coil-spring, b, placed around said shaft in a recess in one of the sides of the box. Within the compartment B the shaft 0 is provided with two cranks, 01 and e, and within the com-- partment B it has corresponding cranks d and 6 The corresponding cranks in the two compartments extend in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2. The crank d is, by a rod, f, connected with a pivoted door, D to open and close the entrance h to the compartment B The crank-d is, by a similar rod, connected with a pivoted door, D to open and close the passage h from the compartment B to B said passage being in the partition 13. In the apartment B is a treadle, G situated near the passage W, and held in an inclined position by a spring-arm, 70, upon which is bend or offset 5. In the apartment B is a similar treadle, G with spring-arm k and offset i. The treadle (l is situated near a passage, h, leading from said apartment to a cage,

E, of any suitable construction. Within this cage, around the opening h, is a wire fender, m, to allow the animal to pass into the cage, but prevent its egress therefrom.

In winding up the spring 12 the cranks e 6 come in contact with the ofl'sets or bends i on the spring-arms k, which act as ratchets, to prevent the unwinding of the spring.

When setting the trap the door D should be open, and the door D closed.

The animal enters through the passage h, and, in going around in the compartment 13, steps upon the treadle G releasing the crank 0 so that the shaft 0 can make one-half of a revolution, it being stopped by the crank 0 This movement closes the door D and opens the door D, so that the animal will pass into the apartment B and here, attracted by the light from the cage, will step on the treadle G thereby again causing one-half of a revolution of the shaft 0. This movement reverses the position of the doors, again setting the trap for the next animal. The animal in the apartment B will pass into'the cage E,

from whence it cannot return'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. In combination with the trap A, having compartments B B and pivoted doors D D the shaft 0, provided with spring b and the cranks (1 0?, connected with the doors, sub stantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. 1

2. The combination, with the shaft 0 and spring I), of the treadles G G spring-arms k k, and offsets i i thereon, substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

3. The combination of the box A with compartments B 13 crank-shaft 0, spring 1), doors D D treadles Gr G and cage E, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereunto affix my signature this 23d day of July, 1874.

ALBERT DAVIS.

Witnesses:

ORVEL GRAVES, OLIVER O. PLUMMEE. 

